dance film, wim vandekeybus

May 16, 2011 6:10 PM

excerpt from blush, a dance film that came out a few years ago but I've never seen posted here, by wim vandekeybus/ultima vez
posted by ameliaaah (6 comments total)

Wow. The David Eugene Edwards score makes this even better. Going back to watch it a third time before getting out my 16 Horsepower albums. This is beautiful.
posted by frimble at 6:39 PM on May 16, 2011

I have the music that was released for this, but I've never seen the film. I've seen David Eugene Edwards live once (about a year ago). I got to talk to him afterward and he thanked me for loving his music and signed a CD. I was pretty sick when I went to see this, and I suffer from tinnitus, and this was pretty darn loud, but I was still happy.
posted by cjorgensen at 8:16 PM on May 16, 2011

More on their website. [film & video → dance → Blush (2005) → video]
posted by khedron at 9:04 PM on May 16, 2011

I can't say that I understand it, but I did enjoy it.
posted by cman at 9:08 PM on May 16, 2011

It wasn't until about 3:50, when the man on the ground and the woman upright walk together across the frame, that I realized it was like shadow-dancing, and then I really liked it. Thanks!
posted by carsonb at 9:47 PM on May 16, 2011

After watching the trailer and hunting down more clips from this, and finding them increasingly unsettling, I got a copy of the movie and watched the whole thing. It's gorgeous and uncomfortable, and I'm very glad to have seen it.

I still have no idea what the story was, mind you. I'm going to watch with others and discuss it further before looking at whether Wim Vandekeybus explains it.
posted by frimble at 8:22 PM on May 17, 2011